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More 3D Printer News

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mad-props-to-cory dept.

tallackn writes "The New Scientist website has an article that tells of a 3D gadget printer which will allow fully assembled electric and electronic gadgets to be printed in one go. 'The trick is to print layer upon layer of conducting and semiconducting polymers in such a way that the circuitry the device requires is built up as part of the bodywork.' When the technique is perfected, devices such as light bulbs, radios, remote controls, mobile phones and toys will be spat out as individual fully functional systems without expensive and labour-intensive production on an assembly line."

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  1. Re:Excellent. by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now I can finally print myself a woman...Awww crap, I'm all out of nipple ink!

    Hey, I just thought of a new use for old ink-jet technology. "She is both my girlfriend AND a printer."

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  2. Can you imagine... by cliffy2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If we had a beowulf cluster of these?

  3. Re:Who wants to bet? by Catcher80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    hilarious link, sounds like something a few of my friends would do

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  4. In Soviet Russia Posters by frovingslosh · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    We don't need to wait for these new printers, you can use any wide format color inkjet printer and glossy paper to print out a nice "In Soviet Russia" poster, quite suitable for hanging on your computer room wall.

    Of course, in Soviet Russia, the poster .....

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